TV Horizon - Season 40 Episode 13 : SARS: The True Story Horizon - Season 40 Episode 13 : SARS: The True Story 7.516/10 by 32 users Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome didn't even have its name in February 2003, when it struck its first known victim, Johnny Cheng, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Within days, an international effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) had massed scientific expertise to fight the mystery illness and avert the nightmare scenario of an uncontrollable pandemic sweeping the globe. Amid attempts to quarantine high risk groups of people, it seemed only fear could spread more rapidly than the disease itself. Nothing was known about the condition - where it had come from, how it was passed on, how to spot it, contain it or treat it. The infection was described merely as 'flu-like'. But if this was a type of influenza, it was one that killed up to 15% of its sufferers. The doctor treating Mr Cheng, who first contacted the WHO about the unusual symptoms, was one of six medics to die of SARS at the hospital. But the alarm had been raised and the Organization began to pull together a response. Colossal effort by scientists around the world - and unprecedented co-operation - followed. Meanwhile, the media made much of the risk posed by and to international travel, and watched financial markets respond in gloomy fashion. Details Casts Posters Images Title Horizon - Season 40 Episode 13 : SARS: The True Story Alternative Titles BBC Horizon First Air Date 1964-02-04 Last Air Date 2024-07-22 Number of Episodes 1169 Number of Seasons 60 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Horizon Season 40 :Episode 1 The Mystery Of Easter Island The Mystery Of Easter Island 2003-01-09 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 2 Living Nightmare Living Nightmare 2003-01-16 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 3 Averting Armageddon Averting Armageddon 2003-01-23 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 4 Dirty Bomb Dirty Bomb 2003-01-30 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 5 Sexual Chemistry (Update) Sexual Chemistry (Update) 2003-02-13 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 6 The Day We Learned To Think The Day We Learned To Think 2003-02-20 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 7 Trial and Error Trial and Error 2003-02-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 8 Earthquake Storms Earthquake Storms 2003-03-06 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 9 Life On Mars (Update) Life On Mars (Update) 2003-03-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 10 The Secret Life Of Caves The Secret Life Of Caves 2003-04-03 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 11 God On The Brain God On The Brain 2003-04-17 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 12 Flight 587 Flight 587 2003-05-08 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 13 SARS: The True Story SARS: The True Story 2003-05-29 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 14 The Big Chill The Big Chill 2003-11-13 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 15 The Bible Code The Bible Code 2003-11-20 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 16 Last Flight of the Columbia Last Flight of the Columbia 2003-11-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 17 The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine 2003-12-04 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 18 Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine 2003-12-11 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 19 Time Trip Time Trip 2003-12-18 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.